Late Rally Sends Cincinnati Past BU, 8-3

INDIANAPOLIS – Butler led most of the
game, but Cincinnati answered with five runs in the final three
innings to pull past the Bulldogs baseball team, 8-3, Tuesday
afternoon at Bulldog Park. Junior Luke Duncan went
3-for-4 to lead BU.

The Bulldogs took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the 3rd
when sophomore Nick Hladek doubled and scored and
junior Michael Letzter walked and scored. Junior
Kevin Crane led off the Butler 4th with
a single and would score on a sac fly by junior Jack
Krause to give Butler a 3-0 lead.

UC pulled to within 3-1 in the top of the 5th before
breaking loose in the 7th inning for three runs. The big
blow in that inning was a two-run double by Beach Brooks.
Cincinnati would score two more runs in the 8th and two
more in the 9th.

Junior Corey Moylan added a 2-for-3 day for the
Bulldogs (5-11). Duncan, junior Kyle Waggoner and
Krause each had an RBI.

Cincinnati (11-6) ended up with 14 hits, eight coming in the
final three innings. Six different Bearcats had two hits.

Freshman Billy Laing started and pitched the
first two innings as BU sent six different pitchers to the mound.
Laing mowed through 2.0 shutout innings with three strikeouts.
Junior David Dennemann added two more scoreless
frames. Junior Jared Wagoner took the loss for
Butler. Cincinnati’s David Strenge pitched 2.2 shutout
innings to pick up the win.

The game was one of five on Butler’s schedule this week.
The Bulldogs host Marian Wednesday, March 24 at 4 p.m.